Wilho A. Laine

Wilho A. Laine of Iron was inducted into the Army on May 30, 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minn.

He was a Private First Class and a guard patrolman with the 535th Military Police Escort Guard Company in Alaska and the continental United States.

Mr. Laine received the: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

He was discharged on November 10, 1945 at Fort George G. Meade, Md.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 163.

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